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The Moon on Monday, October 7, 1996: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on October 7, 1996Waning Crescent

Monday 7 October 1996404,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 7, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
404,445 km251,311 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1996 is on Friday, September 27, 1996 at 02:51 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 4, 199612:04
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 12, 199614:15

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Monday, October 7, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 1996 to the new moon of October 12, 1996, a cycle of 29.63 days.